VOLNA a media-artists collective from St. Petersburg have created “Duel”
27 August 2019 • Mark Westall
VOLNA is a media-artists collective from St. Petersburg / Russia. Recently, they have produced “Duel” a large-scale kinetic installation.
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We love Yukako Hihara’s Anti-Gravity Shoes
12 August 2019 • Mark Westall
Japanese artist and designer Yukako Hihara has designed a pair of shoes that use the repulsive force of magnets to create the physical sense of ‘walking on the moon’.
Olafur Eliasson and Carlo Ratti collaborate on robot that charts the sun
12 August 2019 • Mark Westall
Olafur Eliasson has teamed up with architect Carlo Ratti to create a celestial mapping robot that brings together Olafur’s Little Sun and Carlo’s Scribit.
David Gates: in dialogue at Make Hauser & Wirth Somerset
9 August 2019 • Mark Westall
‘David Gates: in dialogue’ is an exploration of containment, materiality, and the desire to collect, assemble, order and display opening at Make Hauser & Wirth Somerset.
We love Tryal a mini motorcycle designed by Erik Askin
6 August 2019 • Mark Westall
We love Tryal a mini motorcycle designed by Erik Askin, the associate design director at New Deal Design in San Francisco, who designed this electric motorcycle with a triangular body.
Practice in Action: A Review of Theaster Gates at Richard Gray Gallery
1 August 2019 • Caira Moreira-Brown
What results from urban planning, social practice, and a hunger for change? Theaster Gates at Richard Gray may be it. The latest exhibition from the Chicago based artist emphasised the intersection of fine art and social progression.
Ai Weiwei designed residence in upstate New York on sale for $5.25 million
16 July 2019 • Mark Westall
The Tsai residence, an upstate New York property designed by Ai Weiwei and HHF architects is currently on the market for $5.25 million.
The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London this Summer
14 July 2019 • Tabish Khan
Migration, couples, razor blades, a naked mole rat, swirls, demons and mirrors.
Olafur Eliasson returns to Tate Modern with a major survey exhibition
9 July 2019 • Mark Westall
Olafur Eliasson (b. 1967) returns to Tate Modern with a major survey exhibition of his career to date, following his world-renowned installation The weather project in 2003.
Fashion, Art and Design at Your Fingertips
5 July 2019 • Mark Westall
Barnebys is the one-stop shop for fashion, art and design at auction. Learn more about the search engine here.
Louis Poulsen reveals OE Quasi Light, a new collaboration with Olafur Eliasson
2 July 2019 • Mark Westall
Louis Poulsen, the world-renowned Danish lighting brand have revealed their collaboration with Danish-Icelandic artist, Olafur Eliasson the OE Quasi Light.
Sam Shendi at the Conrad Algarve with Artcatto.
28 June 2019 • Mark Westall
Sam Shendi is an Egyptian/British sculptor, who has been gaining a lot of attention of late for his large scale vividly coloured and somewhat surreal pieces.
British artist Robi Walters x Tom Kerridge ‘MY GENERATION – BEST OF BRITISH’
21 June 2019 • Mark Westall
Contemporary mixed media artist, Robi Walters is well known for his collage pieces based on sacred geometry and the shape of the thousand petal lotus.
Alex Israel x Snapchat create five AR experiences at La Malmaison during Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
19 June 2019 • Mark Westall
Alex Israel x Snapchat is a unique collaboration between the Los Angeles-born artist and Snap. Invited to work with Snap’s advanced augmented reality (AR) team to expand upon his multi-disciplinary practice
The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London in June
16 June 2019 • Tabish Khan
A mustachioed tiger, tied to a lamppost, heaven and hell, precarious sculpture, helmets, tarred toys and an immense painting.
The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London in June
2 June 2019 • Tabish Khan
Creepy children, camouflage onesies, colour, birds, photography, motherhood and protest.
Gary Clarke’s Wasteland…the thrilling sequel to COAL
31 May 2019 • Mark Westall
They fought for their families, their livelihoods, their communities, their futures and for an industry…but what happened to the families who survived the epic year-long battle of the Miners’ Strike of 1984/85?
TOTO Concept Store – Installaion 2019, Asa + Yu Over the Dataveil
24 May 2019 • Mark Westall
IoT, Mass customization, AI singularity… It has been difficult to imagine a pastoral fantasy, which has been told in the Wizard of Oz, over a rainbow in the current society filled with products and information. However, what kind of world can we see over the flood of objects and information? Can we consider the world as a modern wonderland?
Charlap Hyman & Herrero first solo exhibition opens in Venice
22 May 2019 • Irene Machetti
ALMA ZEVI Projects presents Charlap Hyman & Herrero’s debut solo show Ouvrez-moi. Organized by Clara Zevi, it takes the spectators into a parallel mindset.
VO Curations the new curatorial platform based between London and Paris taking over the emerging art scene
20 May 2019 • Mark Westall
Established in 2018, VO Curations aim to represent the best of contemporary and emerging art within the two leading art capitals of Europe. Located in the heart of Waterloo on the 12th Floor of Elizabeth House, their new space houses a gallery as well as multiple accessible artist studios and residency programmes.
Yesterday, 32 cows took up residence on the world’s first floating farm in Rotterdam.
14 May 2019 • Mark Westall
The cows now have a fantastic barn at their disposal with spacious stalls, a milking robot, a slurry robot, an automatic belt feeder, and a comfortable rubber floor. If the cows feel like taking a walk in the neighbouring field, they have that option too.
Does Nixon design the coolest watches ever?
8 May 2019 • Mark Westall
Bild von Mike Aixklusiv auf Pixabay It has a strong case, that’s for sure. When we think of watches, it’s… Read More
Hollywood Dream Machines: Vehicles of Science Fiction and Fantasy
8 May 2019 • Mark Westall
Hollywood Dream Machines: Vehicles of Science Fiction and Fantasy includes vehicles, costumes, props, art and artifacts from the most epic sci-fi and fantasy film, TV and video game franchises of all time, including “Star Wars,” “Back to the Future,” “TRON,” “Iron Man,” “Blade Runner,” “Batman,” “Halo” and more
New video work goes live on 21 screens, with one measuring 4 stories tall and another 280 feet long.
7 May 2019 • Mark Westall
Marco Brambilla’s latest video installation, Nude Descending a Staircase No.3 was launched during Frieze New York and is now on display publically.